150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Reenactment - 07-07-2013
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- This is a series of 10 HD Video Clips taken at the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Reenactment. These were taken on Sunday, July 7, 2013. Pickett's Charge was the big event this day.
It's absolutely extraordinary how diligent and committed these fellows are to commemorating their history. Everything about them is a living legacy, a snapshot of Americans of the period. Including the fellow that dropped the bayonet, that's as old as warfare itself.
These guys are all dedicated to realistic reenactment. Everything is as close to identical types of weapons and uniforms actually used during the Civil War. They have really done their homework.
Well said.
I absolute loved this. Just finished watching a documentary on Netflix and It left me thirsty for more so I came here. I wasn't born here in the USA but God knows I too would've fought to the last drop of blood for these colors. My fiance and I will be visiting all these sites in a couple of weeks and I can't wait to pay homage to these brave Americans fighting,- on both sides- for what they felt was right. GB the USA.
P.S. Come on ppl, stop giving the camera guy so much grief. Filming that kind of thing on uneven ground and sans professional equipment is a lot harder than it seems. You guys should thank him for the effort and for missing some of the action while filming it for the rest of us. Just sayin' shout out to all from North Hollywood CA ;-)
Lot's of Civil War soldiers were not born in US. Many just came from the ship.
Wonder how much paranormal activity this stirred up.
The bleachers and the modern buildings around just killed the immersion
I can't stand that crap during reenactments. What's the point of doing it if you have to throw a bunch of modern BS into the mix. I'm surprised the soldiers weren't coordinating locations on a GPS map..
The Power lines were there too. Impossible to reenact it perfectly.
That and the men and women lazily walking through gun fire
Also, the average CW soldier was 5’7” and weighed 120 pounds according to the exhibit at Antietam. I know that was about the size my two CW ancestors were.
God, I miss this event so much... I was there for both BGA and GAC and absolutely did not want it to end nothing will ever top this for me until may the 175th
I was at the first one. June 29th is my birthday, and I was part of the unit that reenacted Chamberlain's charge down the hill.
This is absolutely incredible. God Bless all the participants for honoring the bravery of the soldiers from both sides
so glad the South was vanquished. If only they finished the job during Reconstruction.
@@0ThrowawayAccount0 what kind of idiot comes to a reenactment video to make their stupid political points? Why are you even here?
Whats nuts is to think there were over 5 times the amount of troops during the actual charge. It must have been something to behold seeing 15k troops across a wide open field coming at you.
But apparently dropping like flies too lol
@@AudibleMotion yes they suffered intense casualties
i assume that they are using half if not quarter charge black powder here can you imagine the confusion and lack of visibility with full powder charges especially the cannons
My son and I watched from behind the Federal batteries. Went on a last minute whim. Not knowing we’d probably never see anything on this scale again. If you went back into the woods to cavalry camp behind the batteries, there we no modern buildings in sight and you really got a feel for what it was like. Completely immersive. Just soaked it up for a while. A little bit of what my gg grandfathers experienced in the western armies.
Why the hell are there BLEACHERS on the battlefield? They take away the accuracy!
so do a few of the virgin dork soldiers
I on,y saw two people get mad there are no bleachers check your eyes
Henry B I said the same thing!!... I hate all the bleachers...in Europe when they do the waterloo reenacment they also have bleachers too....almost exactly like the ones used at Gettysburg...i think it looks ugly...
It’s for the convenience of the people watching...
cajomik Agreed
I actually remember my dad taking my brother & I to this exact reenactment to spectate it live.
If I remember correctly, it was a very hot day but, then an unexpected hail storm hit and we had to go to our cars to seek shelter from the hail.
Yep, You Are Right..
My father was an extra in the movie Gettysburg, I was 13 at the time, and he told me when he got back home, that there was about 150 cannons during Pickett's Charge that fired constantly for an hour to an hour and a half. Me and my family grew up American Civil War reenacting.
Thanks so much. Im apart of the group the first 2 min. We are from California and 1 fell in from Queensland Australia.
Around 2:50 Federal 3rd Division (Shackleford's Westerners)march out for the Pickett's Charge scenario. We were Stannard's Vermonter's (flanking movement near Codori Farm). 575 Rifles, largest Federal Division at the event. 5 manuever battalions. the bugle call at 3:30 is head of column to the right (By File Right).
It's almost 2022 is there going to be an reenactment in 2022.
lol! we were practically in the same spot during pickett's charge! Have yet to see a video from the Union's left flank
Pickett's Charge at the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 7, 2013)
I remember this ..I watched the battle and got met two of the stars of their movie . it was a special day for me . thank you
I was a reenactor for 20 years and it was incredible...and some.of the cannons here are 12-13 inch navys😊😊
Why is this video on 7-7? I thought the re-enactments were on July 1, 2 , and 3rd?
Because July 1, 2, & 3 fell in the middle of the week that year, they had two reenactments. The first was the weekend before the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd; the second reenactment was the weekend after the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The first reenactment was on the farm where they filmed the movie. The second reenactment was somewhere closer to the battlefield, but neither reenactment was actually on the battlefield.
I participated in the first reenactment. June 29th is my birthday, and I was there on the farm.
never understand why there are so many Overweight Reenactors
Their only exercise.
lol ya. its just so unrealistic.
I could not imagine the fear and terror those men must have felt those days. But if we don't change our government, we will be back here, but deadlier
Good video, the bleachers don't bother me because it is for the people watch and learn some history on how battles were fought during the Civil War. The only thing I find wrong is on the battlefield (the stage) and that is the water bottles along the stone wall. I understand why the water bottles are there, in case reenactors get thirsty and don't go down with heat stroke, but I think it would have been better if they would have been covered with canvas or burlap. Lets face it, it's like watching a western movie about a wagon train moving along and seeing a Ford pickup in the line of wagons.
It Was Extrememy Hot that day too..
I hate it when those modern buildings get in the way of a good battle.
I remember this battle very well. The march to the battlefield was almost as strenuous as the reenactment. Thank heaven for the angels of the battlefield carrying water to the soldiers. These men, these colors afield. One of our own passed away recently.
Very sorry to hear of this.
I was there on this last day..and it was Very Emotional..
i hated this reenactment, it was a massive cluster fuck throughout all the days.. But when it started raining for the first time, when the confederates where retreating i totally agree with you. The end of it was very emotional.
well im not sure. but from what i've seen of the BGA it looked great. i only thought there was one good battle here. Overall i think the BGA looked better than this one was. :/ they screwed up my units shining moment on the first day twice and that was really demoralizing for the rest of the event :p
Wow .. preserve history were the rebs? On other side of field?
The Rebs were the other FAT FARBS in gray!
The amount of union Farbery in this film is quite noticeable
Hardly any union troops went down. I dont think that was the case at all
The whole thing was rife with farb, Confederate as well as Union.
Vermont 2nd Brigade: Stannard’s superiors realized the significance of his actions. Major General George Meade said, There was no individual body of men who rendered a greater service at a critical moment then the comparatively raw troops commanded by General Stannard. Major General Abner Doubleday said: It is to General Stannard…that the country is mainly indebted for the repulse of the enemy’s charge and the final victory of July 3. [His] brilliant flank movement… greatly contributed to if it did not completely insure our final success.
They should have kept the camera on until after the Pickett's Charge scenario ended, when the skies opened in the biggest downpour I've experienced as a re-enactor.
Thats kind of crazy because i read somewhere after every major battle it rained.
Thanks for uploading that. There are some great shots. However, there is too much camera movement. Lots of bobbing make it hard to watch.
It was hotter than hell, the vast amount of other spectators choked the ability move to anywhere else easily, I had no idea what, where, the extent and how the "battle" would unfold and be presented. I just shot what I could... from the lucky spot I landed in.
Great display..must've taken plenty of organising. Thanks for the upload dgudas1
"every southern boy can see themselves at Gettysburg before the war was lost" something like that, I think faulkner wrote something like that. the twin losses of gettysburg and vicksburg...vicksburg is really where it was lost.
Maaan, this is huge and so exciting. A huge tribute to the history of a most unfortunate war. I wish I cold go and see this for myself... reminds me of the movie "Gettysburg" of course and its grand scale. It will be the 160th anniversary soon.
we were at the BGA event the weekend before and what a great event.... and then we came to this one as well.................
Let's not forget there was constant artillery fire from both sides and nobody would be standing around behind the lines. If you think this looks anything like a real battle you are fooling yourselves
this is pretty good, but nothing beats footage of the 125th {1988} it just looked so dam real! and the artillery sounded frightening in some of the 88' footage!
Fantástico... Espetacular
Awesome Footage I love civil war reenactments
Let's not forget Rita Fairbanks and the Townswomen's Guild of Sheffield, they were the first Townswomen's Guild to perform 'Battle Of Pearl Harbour' and 'Camp On Blood Island' and we should also include their rendition of the extremely popular and critically acclaimed 'Nazi War Attrocities'.
Took a lot of courage to walk across that feid like that
I saw the one they had in 1998, and I don’t recall there being power lines where they did that one. But notice how for the re-enactors, there doesn’t seem to be any direction they can look where they’re not staring at spectators. Same thing happened in 1998. And of course there HAS to be an announcer droning on and on all through the event. I swear, there ought to be a law against that
This is Amazing! Love it!! All who fought on both sides Were Hero's to fight in open field's ....
I was there.
My respects and regards to Sykes Regulars and the National Regiment. Excellent hosts and great 'pards.
An associate of mine was there for this event. Hard line campaigner.....he got lost in the woods Friday night!
They had Reenactments from the 1st to the 7th this was the final day for the reenactments.
Thank god for that unit of 9 dismounted “cavalry”… won the war with their sunglasses and no fatigue blouses.
I was going to go on a camping trip at Gettysburg (150 anniversary) with my boy scout troop, but I was sick :( and plus that's the exact time when I started to get really interested in the Civil War.
if it was this reenactment you didn't miss much.. the other Gettysburg was a lot better. (i was a reenactor here and most of us didn't enjoy it)
This was one one of the biggest reenactments of Gettysburg
I think 140th was bigger. It had about 37,000 reenactors that year. That was in 2003.
Was my. first major event, Part of 6th N H Quite the three days!
sehr gut gelungenes Video
With all that smoke it must have been difficult for the Generals to work out what was going on during the battle.
WOW! What FARB FEST this was!!!!!!!
No kidding the rolling artillery was never a order in any manual and the CS need help
Tbh the CS forces should be at Right Shoulder Shift when moving across that field
Soon 10 years ago - love it!!!
the population of the usa was 31 million in 1863 and at wars end over 600 thousand died the usa is now populated by 320 million can you imagine what that means in todays numbers if it happened now over 5 million dying
p s and that was using 19th century weaponry
4:31 God damn boy
Pretty cool, Never get numbers like this over in the UK unfortunately ;)
rrrrrrrrrreeeeddddcccoooaaattt
Well it would be difficult to reenact the Battle of London with too many people flying around.
que maravilla. nosotros ni eso hacemos con nuestra historia
i saw our regiments drummer the very tall one at 3:00
Isnt this on private land?
Yes it was on private property, just outside of Gettysburg.
Nice video of the war
i wuz thar 49th NC them boyz been eatin good
oh dear...elite troops
I was there pards, Union Infantry private behind the stone wall. Absolute slug fest. *LIKED* and *SUBCRIBED*
Sharing my view at this same event 10 years later at the 160th Gettysburg battle - not quite as big, but what an experience. czcams.com/video/2RyZuGAAijM/video.html
8:51 just move the damn camera already! I hear muskets!
I miss re enacting and the 69th New York
Regarding the fellow referring to the Black Hat Battalion ... if you are referring to the Iron Brigade then you were rather lost ... the IB was at Culps Hill and did not participate in Picketts Charge.
Yes, but why let authenticity get in the way? It doesn't matter in this re-enactment. It was nothing more than a FARB FEST for public consumption, reaffirming the BS they learned in school about the civil War.
and btw, who were those sissy companies that went into battle without their coats? Outrageous! Oh, it's hot!?! Well just go to those spring events. Men went into battle wearing their uniform. I was at the 150th Manassas and me and my company were one of the few Confederate regiments wearing our coats but every single Union regiment were wearing the blue. Come on guys, suck it up and put your damn coat on!
Jeff Ballentine
Agree
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Even if your FAT gut is to big to close the buttons! Put your FARB sack coat on!!!!
I especially like the guys without coats; Smart AND comfortable. After 15 years of reenacting myself; I got smart and had a uniform made out of dyed Muslin and did another 20 years before retiring in 1997. But I still miss it.
Nils Skudaarkaat fuckin farb
Looks like the Union side got very little casualties in this reenactment.
Why were only like 4 Union people playing the part & acting dead? The Confeds seemed to have no problem playing the part. A lot more of those Union guys should've dropped.
Saw the commander and Army of the Wabash folks.
I was marching with the Indiana brigade.
15:16 that was gnarly bro
3:17 the water boy
Damn with the Yankees
There's like 50 Clara Bartons going on here
I love to suspend my dis-belief but it's hard when the camera man keeps panning over to the 21st century spectators...
I would love to get into this
it's about time we see the union
Gravely disappointed homie didn’t follow that dropped bayonet
Just plain silly to see such a major battle reduced to a "reenactment."
150th Gettysburg Reenactment
I was in the 135th back in 98 it seems that was a lot bigger then this event by the looks of the video atleast, I could be wrong I didn't make it to the 150th
I was at the 135th. There were at least 11,000 Confederates participating in Pickett's charge.
This was the second reenactment of the 150th. They had one at the farm where they filmed the movie; that was before July 1, 2, and 3. This happened the next weekend.
At the first reenactment, there were over 20,000 reenactors on the field by Sunday's Pickett's Charge. My Dad and I were there, on the Union side. Dad met a lady from Australia who flew in just to fall on the fence, because one of her ancestors was a Confederate who died on the fence.
Also, this second reenactment had something like a $200 registration fee per reenactor, if you didn't pre-register. The reenactment on the farm had a fee of $20 or something.
i was here at eh 150th...
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lol not sponsored BUT GREAT GAME 10/10 VERY REALISTIC
The most controlled event ever
Land of the Free and not oppressed
Im in the Black Hat battalion at 5:39 with the big beard.
Who's the officer with the Berdan's sharpshooter uniform on? The uniform was GONE by 63!
if i were a reenactor theyd throw me out becuase i would get 'shot' and then roll and stumble around all dramatic like and be a total distraction
A Chaps Honestly, they'd probably buy you a drink.
except back Then there Wasnt and solder with a pot belly....lol
Actually there were no real standards for militias on either side. It was a hodge-podge from the get go.
@@paulhindenberg6364 Alot of Circomstances...For one, there were Not Any Fastfood, they ate all "Organic" from their gardens, etc...No Additives, GMO"s etc...
Army of the Wabash (3rd Division) is seen.
Sorry, the guys at the start need to drill more. Look so 2000's!
The South will Rise Again!
to lose again lololol
These guys really do look like the Union Army
Hollywood nel sangue, proprio! :-)
in the union army well fed!!!! 80 %100 fat soldier
Miguel faust the real union soldiers are with today’s US army.
Just a silly joke, don't take it serious, you gotta admit a lot them are... Uhm.. fat
I've never seen so many well fed union soldiers before 😆
They should make these events private, the bleachers ruin everything
not just blue bellies, big fat bellies
America versus America